Conviction in the absence of proof: Conspiracy mentality mediates religiosity’s relationship with support for COVID-19 conspiracy narratives [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The belief in conspiracy narratives and the concept of conspiracy mentality have gained increasing attention in psychological science over the last years.
Hilmar Grabow, Anne Rock
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Differentiating paranoia and conspiracy mentality using a network approach [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Although mostly considered distinct, conspiracy mentality and paranoia share conceptual similarities (e.g., persecutory content, resistance to disconfirming evidence).
Saskia Denecke +7 more
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“Trust me, do not trust anyone”: how epistemic mistrust and credulity are associated with conspiracy mentality [PDF]
Research in Psychotherapy, 2023 Previous research shows that the propensity to endorse conspiracy theories is associated with disrupted forms of epistemic trust, i.e., the appropriate openness towards interpersonally communicated information.
Felix Brauner +5 more
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Attentive immobility: Investigating the emotional-cognitive mechanism underlying conspiracy mentality and Covid-19 preventive behaviors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 While conspiracy theories have received extensive attention in the realm of misinformation, there has been limited research exploring the impact of conspiracy mentality on individuals' preventive behaviors during acute public health crises.
Shuguang Zhao, Jue Zhou, Ting Wang
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Conspiracy Mentality Predicts Public Opposition to Foreign Trade [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The proliferation of protectionist sentiments and policies has raised questions about the psychological sources of trade openness among the public.
Alexander Jedinger
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Conspiracy mentality, subclinical paranoia, and political conservatism are associated with perceived status threat. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Status threat (i.e., concern that one's dominant social group will be undermined by outsiders) is a significant factor in current United States politics.
William N Koller +2 more
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Conspiracy Mentality: How it Relates to Populism, Relative Deprivation, Mistrust of Expertise and Voting Behaviour [PDF]
Europe's Journal of PsychologyBackground and research aims. Considering the high prevalence of conspiracy theories and misinformation, there is an urgent need to explain the tendency to adopt a conspiracy mentality and identify behavioural (including voting) outcomes of a high ...
Alexander Loziak, Dominika Havrillová
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Looking for Ties with Secret Agendas During the Pandemic: Conspiracy Mentality is Associated with Reduced Trust in Political, Medical, and Scientific Institutions – but Not in Medical Personnel [PDF]
Psychologica Belgica, 2022 In a preregistered research, we examined the relationships between conspiracy mentality (i.e., the individual susceptibility to endorse conspiracy theories, Bruder et al., 2013) and trust in three actors of the COVID-19 crisis: 1) Political institutions,
Kenzo Nera +6 more
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The relationship between epistemic stance, mentalizing, paranoid distress and conspiracy mentality: an empirical investigation [PDF]
Research in Psychotherapy, 2023 Epistemic stance, comprising epistemic trust, mistrust, and credulity, and the closely related construct of mentalizing have been related to paranoid ideation and conspiracy mentality.
Sophie Hauschild +3 more
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Conspiracy Mentality in Post-Conflict Societies: Relations With the Ethos of Conflict and Readiness for Reconciliation [PDF]
Europe's Journal of Psychology, 2019 After almost 20 years since the end of the armed conflicts in former Yugoslavia, we are witnesses to the fact that the main causes of the conflicts have not been overcome.
Boban Petrović +3 more
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